She stands just five feet tall, but her dainty exterior belies the inner determination that has erupted through the surface of her ill-health. |
Their summer beauty, overgrown by roses and dogberries, belies the past reality of hardship and suffering. |
But her casual appearance belies a steely core of ambition and determination. |
Such apparent flightiness belies a solid build-up of professional experience. |
The methodical process and careful attention that Gibbs has devoted to his work belies the banality of his subject. |
It belies the myth of Scottish meanness, eh, what with that and Ken's generous lift the previous night. |